Friday, June 30, 2017

The tradition of sending out staffers and volunteers to register voters every year is practiced by both parties and it’s a key portion of the Get Out the Vote effort in any election. Unfortunately, the process is complicated (in some states more than others) and candidates can get themselves in trouble if it’s not monitored carefully. That’s particularly true when one of your eager beavers decides to get a little creative when attempting to drive up their score as high as possible. That was clearly the case in Virginia where one enterprising young man was discovered to be submitting names of people whose ability to make to the polls was in question owing to the fact that their very permanent addresses were in local cemeteries. (WTVR)

A man paid to register Virginia voters prior to the 2016 Presidential Election will spend at least 100 days in prison for submitting the names of deceased individuals to the Registrar’s Office.

James Madison University student Andrew J. Spieles, 21, of Harrisonburg, pled guilty Monday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. As part of the plea agreement, Spieles agreed to a prison sentence of 100 to 120 days.

Spieles worked for Harrisonburg Votes when he committed the crime, according to acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle.

Harrisonburg Votes is a political organization affiliated with the Democratic Party.

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